Stat of the day

Congress is looking to give itself a budget increase:

The bill under consideration will provide $4.7 billion in funding for Congress in 2010, which is way up from the $2.7 billion spent in 2001, according to the Congressional Research Service (page 3). That’s a 74 percent increase in nine years, representing a very robust 6.4 percent annual average growth rate.

But hey, they've earned it right?